Organizers: Don't mess with the Olympic brand
One day, the small espresso shop near the site of the London Games was the "Olympic" cafe. The next day, it was the "Lympic."
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T06:18:20Z
Fake drugs threaten gains made in war on malaria
LONDON (Reuters) - Low-quality and fake anti-malarial drugs flooding into markets in Asia and Africa are driving drug resistance and threatening gains made in the fight against the disease in the past decade, according to a study by global health experts. The study found around 36 percent of anti-malarial drugs analysed in southeast Asia were fake, while a third of samples in sub-Saharan Africa failed chemical testing because they contained either too much or not enough active ingredient. The researchers said the problem might be even bigger. ...
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T06:07:43Z
Nissan's luxury Infiniti brand opens Hong Kong HQ
Nissan's upscale Infiniti brand unveiled its new global headquarters in Hong Kong on Tuesday, as the Japanese automaker uses the southern Chinese financial center to grab a bigger piece of the world's top car market.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T06:12:58Z
Man arrested in case of missing Calif. teen
Authorities arrested a man Monday evening in the abduction of a Northern California teenager who has been missing for more than two months.
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T06:20:59Z
Mali president beaten during palace occupation

Protesters occupy Mali's presidential palace in the capital Bamako

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's caretaker president Dioncounda Traore was beaten up and hospitalised after hundreds of protesters stormed his palace on Monday to demand his resignation, officials and protesters said. A spokesman for the soldiers behind a March 22 coup said Traore's close-protection officers had killed three people in the attack, in which protesters entered parts of the palace compound unopposed and tore up pictures of Traore. Mali is struggling to cope with the aftermath of the coup and a subsequent rebellion in its desert north. ...
Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T06:09:34Z

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